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20 “You willingly speak against your brother
    and slander the child of your own mother.
21 When you do such things, can I remain silent?
    Do you think that I am[a] like you?
I will correct you
    and set the charge before your face.
22 “Remember this, you who forget God,[b]
    lest I tear you to pieces
    and there be no one to rescue you.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 50:21 I am: the formula that reveals the name of the Lord in the Old Testament (see Ex 3:14; Isa 41:4, 10, 14; 43:1-3, 10, 13). See notes on Mk 4:26; 6:50.
  2. Psalm 50:22 God: here the Hebrew is a relatively rare poetic word, Eloah, found frequently in Job (see also Pss 18:33; 139:19; Deut 32:15, 17; Hab 3:3).